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erronis

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3. I also try to stay clear of emulsifiers (guar gum, lecithin, etc.)

Reply to samplegirl (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 04:17 PM

Nov 26

However I do use egg yolks when needed (Caesar dressings). Almost all yoghurts have emulsifiers (except Fage), and ice-creams (except Haagan-Dazs).

(I do have lots of other dietary and other sins, however...)

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Study links America's favorite cooking oil to obesity [View all] erronis Nov 26 OP

Glad I never use it! samplegirl Nov 26 #1

I also try to stay clear of emulsifiers (guar gum, lecithin, etc.) erronis Nov 26 #3

My first thought--I've never seen soybean oil on a grocery shelf Bayard Nov 26 #2

Typically labeled vegetable oil Akakoji Nov 26 #4

In tofu and tempeh--take note vegetarians/vegans... Chinese food is frequently stir fried or otherwise prepared using hlthe2b Nov 26 #6

They use to toss it out. Then big business found out multigraincracker Nov 26 #5

men & hormone + breast cancer survivors should limit Nigrum Cattus Nov 26 #7

correlation does not imply causation IbogaProject Nov 26 #8

I hope no one was thinking that because Americans were getting fatter that farmers planted more soybeans. erronis Nov 26 #10

How many other food related products would produce the same graph? fargone Nov 26 #9

Interesting. I can think of non-food variables such as sedentary life-styles. erronis Nov 26 #11